Trimeresurus schultzei
| Schultze's pit viper | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Trimeresurus |
| Species: | T. schultzei |
| Binomial name | |
| Trimeresurus schultzei Griffin, 1909 | |
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| Synonyms | |
- Common names: Schultze's pitviper.[4]
Trimeresurus schultzei is a venomous pitviper species endemic to the Philippines. No subspecies are currently recognized.[5]
Etymology
The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of "Mr. W. Schultze" who collected the type specimen.
Description
Scalation includes 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 185-194/192-203 ventral scales in males/females, 67-78/66-75 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 9-11 supralabial scales.[4]
Geographic range
Found in the Philippines on the islands on Palawan and Balabac. The type locality given is "Iwahig, Palawn" (Palawan Island, Philippines).[2]
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Trimeresurus by common name
- Trimeresurus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
References
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/169843/0
- 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ↑ "Trimeresurus schultzei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
Further reading
- Griffin. L.E. 1909. A List of Snakes Found in Palawan. Philippine Journ. Sci. 4: 595-601. ("Trimeresurus schultzei n. sp.", p. 601.)
External links
- Trimeresurus schultzei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 December 2012.
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